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May 30, 2022 21 min

079: Patty vs Patty

from The History Hotline

The ‘patty’ a baked flaky pastry filled with traditionally with well seasoned minced beef is a Jamaican staple. It can be enjoyed for breakfast or lunch or as a snack. They are known to all as a patty but this nearly changed in 1985 for a Toronto Jamaican bakery, who were threatened with a fine if they didn’t change the name of the ‘patty’ as it did not meet the food standards for a patty. Tune into this week’s episode to find out more about the patty and what happened in “patty vs patty: 1985”.

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